TOBIAS HUME

 

Passion & Division from

The First Part of Ayres—Captain Humes Musicall Humors (1605)

 

Susanne Heinrich - viola da gamba

 

1 Loves Pastime [6'54]

2 A Jigge [1'58]

3 Harke, harke [2'50]

4 Now I come [2'14]

5 Rossamond [4'04]

6 Touch me lightly [2'38]

7 The Duke of Holstones Almayne [2'24]

8 A Souldiers Resolution [5'28]

9 I am melancholy [7'06]

10 Tickell, tickell [2'14]

11 A French Ayre [1'35]

12 Deth [7'30]

13 Life [1'51]

14 The Spirit of Gambo [3'44]

15 Tinckeldum, twinckeldum [1'58]

16 Captain Humes Pavan [9'03]

17 A Souldiers Galliard [1'44]

18 Loves Farewell [5'19]

 

Susanne Heinrich’s first solo release for Hyperion was a deliciously atmospheric award-winning disc of music by Abel.

 

She continues her exploration of the world of the viol with this fascinating selection of works by the English composer Tobias Hume. Hume is a paradoxical figure: sometime mercenary solider and popularly described as a dilettante, the suggestive titles of some of these pieces reinforce that picture—a picture that is belied by the music itself. Many of these works show a deep understanding of pure, translucent emotion, as if to take a magnifying glass straight to the core of one’s feelings. A sense of melancholy and sadness, enhanced by Heinrich’s sympathetic playing, entices the listener into a world of dark enchantment.

 

Hyperion CDA67811